Hair and wig



J. Y. BURDEN. HAIR AND WIG.

Patented July 8, 1890.

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JAMES Y. BORDEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIR AND -WlG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,837, dated July 8,1890.

Application filed March 21, 1890. Serial No. 344,696. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES Y. BORDEN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHair and Wigs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in toilet articles of thatclass in hair and wigs known as bangs, crimps, or curls, and the objectis to provide an improved article of the kind named which will becomfortable to the wearer, durable in use, and ornamental as a part ofthe toilet.

Vith this object in view my invention consists, first, in the method ofconstructing or making bangs, crimps, or curls, and, second, in animproved article of manufacture, as will be hereinafter more fullyspecified, and as particularly pointed out in the claims hereto.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my inin the accompanying drawings,wherein Figure 1 is a View of the Weaving or strip of prepared hair fromwhich the bang is made. Fig. 2 is a view of the weaving or strip ofprepared hair partially folded to show the arrangement of the partspreparatory to sewing together. Fig. 3 is a view of the weaving foldedcomplete. Fig. 4 is a view of the folded weaving as it appears in thecompleted bangs, and Fig. 5 is aview of the completed article.

.Toilet articles generally known to the trade as bangs or waves are madeby connecting the hairs or ventilating the hairs through netting orperforated hair lace, vegetable lace, &c., by needlesmade purposely forventilating, a piece of woven material being used for shaping thearticle to the desired form.

Various improvements have been made whereby ventilation will be given tothe surface covered by the woven material. The articles of these priorconstructions generally heat in their uses and absorb the perspiration,thereby rendering them perishable; also bangs of this formerconstruction cannot well be kept in becoming and presentable condition,because the textile material constituting the foundation on which thehair is attached is easily torn by the insertion of the necessaryfastening-pins, and it soon becomes impossible to keep the articles inplace on the head. The textile material also shrinks by the action ofwetting and drying due to perspiration. The netting or texture of thetextile material also causes the scalp at the part covered to itch. Myinvention does away with whatever objectionable features or elementsthere may be in present articles of the kind, as I provide an articleconsisting entirely of natural hair held to shape by connecting thewoven band of the weaving or strip of hair, as hereinafter specified.

To consummate the construction of my improved article, I take a strip ofhair fabric usually known in the trade as weaving, an illustration ofwhich is given in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and designated by A, and thenlay .the woven band in laps or folds 1 back and forth upon each other,as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, and secure the layers orfolds of the band together by stitches, forming a backing 2. I thendouble or bend this formed band into a loop 3, leaving the united endsof the loop to project a short distance, as seen at 4, constituting aloop for the insertion of a hair-pin to secure the article to thenatural hair. The article thus formed is shown in Fig. 5 of the drawingsand eventuates in an article which may be cleaned by any of the usualmeans for cleansing the natural hair, and may be combed out and arrangedin any desired shape or disposition a friz, curl, or bang is susceptibleof. Astrand of the natural hair may be pulled through the loop oropening 3 of the bang and then laid and secured as usual, the bang beingthus held in position by the strand without the aid of pins or othermeans of fastening.

Having thus described my invention so as to distinguish it from priorinventions in the art, and having also fully specified its mode ofconstruction and uses, I now proceed to particularly point out anddistinctly claim as my invention, as follows:

1. The improvement in the art of making hair ornaments herein described,consisting in folding a strip of hair-weaving in layers, then securingthe woven edges of the folded strip together, forming a backing, thenbend ing the backing into shape, and then securing the ends of thebacking together, substantially as specified.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, the hair ornament hereindescribed, consisting of a strip of hair-weaving having its woven edgeslaid in folds back and forth upon each other and secured together toform a backing, and the said folded edges bent into a loop with theopposite ends joined together, substan- 1o tially as and for the purposespecified.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoattesting witnesses.

JAMES Y. BORDEN.

Attest:

B. W. SOMMERS, A. G. HEYLMUN.

